Walter P Meader Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-51161.jpeg UPL 51161 S/Sgt Walter P Meader, 323BS, 91BG

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Object Number - UPL 51161 - S/Sgt Walter P Meader, 323BS, 91BG

Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Ditched in the North Sea on return from a mission to Oschersleben on 22-Feb-44 in B-17 42-37939 'Sugar Blues' with Maziarz crew. All crewmembers rescued by ASR. RTD.



Fatally hit during fighter attack in B-17 42-107040 'Shirley Jean', 27-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Roman Virgil Maziarz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33082582 / O-802597
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-107040

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shirley Jean
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

42-37939

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sugar Blues
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Maine 29 March 1924 Son of Walter P Sr and Eva Meader.

Enlisted

Portland, MN 24 November 1942 Portland, Maine

Died

27 May 1944 Fatally hit during fighter attack in B-17 42-107040 'Shirley Jean', 27-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA).

Buried

28 May 1944 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Buried

Saint Annes Cemetery Washington County, MN Re-Interred Saint Annes Cemetery Washington County, Maine

Based

Bassingbourn 27 May 1944 Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143470285/walter-p-meader
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112012013/walter-p.-meader

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 2 pg 184 & vol 3 pg 655

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Object number: UPL 51161 - S/Sgt Walter P Meader, 323BS, 91BG